Monday, May 07, 2012
5:57:15 PM EDT

Trade Alert!!!

by
Gregory Clay

Market Summary
Stocks worst week of the year has triggered the exit rule for our SPY May expiration bear call spread.

SPY Position Update
SPY closed at $137.10 on Monday â€“ the May call spread is approx. $1,000 in the black

The April 18th Couch Potato published a May expiration SPY bear call spread
We plan on immediately closing out this position for an approx. $1,000 gain (see tables below)
We will enter an order to simply buy back the $143 strike price call contracts (versus doing a spread order). The $148 long call has minimal value to offset the fees and commissions, plus you probably won't be able to sell it anyway.

Exit Plan
As mentioned above, the exit rule for the SPY call spread has been triggered and we plan on immediately closing out this position.

Gregory Clay

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